Wildfire Risk in Texas

All Texas counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index wildfire score

Wildfire risk — uncontrolled fires that spread across wildland and into communities — is rated for 254 of 254 Texas counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Parker County carries the state's highest wildfire score at 96.2, with $6M in expected annual wildfire losses.

No Texas county reaches the High band for wildfire, and expected annual losses from wildfire total roughly $126M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Wildfire

#CountyWildfire ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Parker County
96.2
Medium 0.01 / yr $6M
2 Randall County
95.9
Medium 0.01 / yr $5M
3 Erath County
95.5
Medium 0.01 / yr $4M
4 Potter County
95.1
Medium 0.01 / yr $3M
5 Hutchinson County
94.9
Medium 0.01 / yr $3M
6 Johnson County
94.4
Medium 0.00 / yr $3M
7 Wheeler County
94.3
Medium 0.02 / yr $2M
8 Gray County
93.7
Medium 0.01 / yr $2M
9 Wise County
93.7
Medium 0.01 / yr $3M
10 Gaines County
93.4
Medium 0.01 / yr $2M
11 Midland County
93.1
Medium 0.00 / yr $2M
12 Tom Green County
93.1
Medium 0.00 / yr $2M
13 Denton County
93.0
Medium 0.00 / yr $3M
14 Wichita County
92.6
Medium 0.01 / yr $2M
15 Bexar County
92.4
Medium 0.00 / yr $2M
16 Jefferson County
92.4
Medium 0.01 / yr $1M
17 Comanche County
92.1
Medium 0.00 / yr $1M
18 Tarrant County
91.5
Medium 0.00 / yr $2M
19 Cooke County
91.5
Medium 0.00 / yr $2M
20 Hood County
91.3
Medium 0.01 / yr $2M
21 Travis County
90.8
Medium 0.00 / yr $2M
22 Palo Pinto County
90.3
Medium 0.01 / yr $1M
23 Young County
90.1
Medium 0.01 / yr $1M
24 McLennan County
90.0
Medium 0.00 / yr $1M
25 Montague County
89.8
Medium 0.01 / yr $1M
26 Hemphill County
89.8
Medium 0.02 / yr $1M
27 Bell County
89.7
Medium 0.00 / yr $1M
28 Taylor County
89.7
Medium 0.00 / yr $1M
29 Howard County
89.5
Medium 0.00 / yr $959K
30 Orange County
89.4
Medium 0.01 / yr $1M
31 Comal County
89.3
Medium 0.00 / yr $1M
32 Moore County
89.2
Medium 0.01 / yr $1M
33 Burnet County
88.9
Low 0.00 / yr $802K
34 Bailey County
88.9
Low 0.01 / yr $673K
35 Brewster County
88.7
Low 0.01 / yr $995K
36 Jeff Davis County
88.5
Low 0.01 / yr $844K
37 Ector County
88.3
Low 0.00 / yr $1M
38 Scurry County
88.2
Low 0.01 / yr $882K
39 Eastland County
88.1
Low 0.00 / yr $756K
40 Hays County
87.9
Low 0.00 / yr $1M
41 Clay County
87.9
Low 0.01 / yr $979K
42 Williamson County
87.8
Low 0.00 / yr $2M
43 Swisher County
87.8
Low 0.01 / yr $769K
44 Carson County
86.9
Low 0.01 / yr $1M
45 Bandera County
86.7
Low 0.00 / yr $554K
46 Nolan County
86.6
Low 0.01 / yr $518K
47 Yoakum County
86.5
Low 0.00 / yr $477K
48 Lubbock County
86.2
Low 0.00 / yr $750K
49 Brown County
86.2
Low 0.00 / yr $620K
50 Jack County
86.2
Low 0.01 / yr $835K
51 Brazoria County
86.1
Low 0.00 / yr $887K
52 Ellis County
86.1
Low 0.00 / yr $805K
53 Lamar County
86.1
Low 0.00 / yr $605K
54 Grayson County
86.0
Low 0.00 / yr $775K
55 Tyler County
85.9
Low 0.00 / yr $491K
56 Deaf Smith County
85.8
Low 0.00 / yr $654K
57 Lamb County
85.8
Low 0.01 / yr $519K
58 Kendall County
85.5
Low 0.00 / yr $753K
59 Sutton County
85.5
Low 0.01 / yr $481K
60 Harris County
85.4
Low 0.00 / yr $562K
61 Jones County
85.4
Low 0.00 / yr $533K
62 Medina County
85.2
Low 0.00 / yr $520K
63 Val Verde County
85.0
Low 0.00 / yr $459K
64 Galveston County
84.9
Low 0.00 / yr $734K
65 Starr County
84.9
Low 0.01 / yr $369K
66 Hamilton County
84.9
Low 0.00 / yr $607K
67 Bosque County
84.8
Low 0.01 / yr $531K
68 Lipscomb County
84.6
Low 0.01 / yr $631K
69 Donley County
84.5
Low 0.01 / yr $501K
70 Kerr County
84.4
Low 0.00 / yr $450K
71 Archer County
84.4
Low 0.01 / yr $635K
72 Gillespie County
84.0
Low 0.00 / yr $548K
73 Lampasas County
84.0
Low 0.00 / yr $502K
74 Mitchell County
84.0
Low 0.01 / yr $508K
75 Hidalgo County
83.8
Low 0.00 / yr $350K
76 Cameron County
83.8
Low 0.00 / yr $379K
77 Liberty County
83.6
Low 0.00 / yr $477K
78 Garza County
83.5
Low 0.01 / yr $388K
79 Coke County
83.3
Low 0.01 / yr $508K
80 Coryell County
83.2
Low 0.00 / yr $577K
81 Irion County
83.1
Low 0.02 / yr $440K
82 Jasper County
83.0
Low 0.00 / yr $400K
83 Hardin County
82.9
Low 0.00 / yr $535K
84 Navarro County
82.3
Low 0.00 / yr $400K
85 Hill County
82.2
Low 0.00 / yr $401K
86 Callahan County
82.0
Low 0.00 / yr $406K
87 Collin County
81.0
Low 0.00 / yr $635K
88 Somervell County
81.0
Low 0.01 / yr $677K
89 Angelina County
80.5
Low 0.00 / yr $326K
90 Dallas County
80.3
Low 0.00 / yr $349K
91 Smith County
80.3
Low 0.00 / yr $346K
92 Motley County
80.3
Low 0.01 / yr $299K
93 Llano County
80.2
Low 0.00 / yr $266K
94 Presidio County
80.2
Low 0.01 / yr $216K
95 Schleicher County
80.2
Low 0.01 / yr $353K
96 Fort Bend County
80.1
Low 0.00 / yr $502K
97 Kaufman County
80.0
Low 0.00 / yr $492K
98 Haskell County
79.6
Low 0.00 / yr $339K
99 Montgomery County
79.3
Low 0.00 / yr $426K
100 Coleman County
79.0
Low 0.00 / yr $248K
101 Nacogdoches County
78.8
Low 0.00 / yr $265K
102 Chambers County
78.8
Low 0.01 / yr $648K
103 Anderson County
78.2
Low 0.00 / yr $244K
104 Walker County
78.1
Low 0.00 / yr $261K
105 Crockett County
78.1
Low 0.01 / yr $346K
106 Cherokee County
77.8
Low 0.00 / yr $252K
107 Houston County
77.8
Low 0.00 / yr $198K
108 Hale County
77.7
Low 0.00 / yr $255K
109 Upshur County
77.3
Low 0.00 / yr $260K
110 Harrison County
77.0
Low 0.00 / yr $236K
111 Hunt County
76.9
Low 0.00 / yr $282K
112 Victoria County
76.5
Low 0.00 / yr $261K
113 Mills County
76.5
Low 0.00 / yr $206K
114 Dickens County
76.4
Low 0.01 / yr $182K
115 Hockley County
76.2
Low 0.00 / yr $238K
116 Ochiltree County
76.2
Low 0.00 / yr $381K
117 Stephens County
76.0
Low 0.01 / yr $288K
118 Shackelford County
75.9
Low 0.01 / yr $413K
119 Kimble County
75.8
Low 0.00 / yr $171K
120 Henderson County
75.5
Low 0.00 / yr $191K
121 Polk County
75.5
Low 0.00 / yr $192K
122 Ward County
75.3
Low 0.00 / yr $182K
123 Roberts County
75.3
Low 0.02 / yr $365K
124 Frio County
75.2
Low 0.00 / yr $150K
125 Collingsworth County
75.1
Low 0.01 / yr $218K
126 Guadalupe County
75.0
Low 0.00 / yr $310K
127 Newton County
75.0
Low 0.00 / yr $160K
128 Andrews County
75.0
Low 0.00 / yr $349K
129 Atascosa County
74.8
Low 0.00 / yr $166K
130 Blanco County
74.8
Low 0.00 / yr $247K
131 Borden County
74.7
Low 0.01 / yr $208K
132 Dallam County
74.6
Low 0.01 / yr $215K
133 Edwards County
74.5
Low 0.00 / yr $157K
134 Hall County
74.4
Low 0.00 / yr $150K
135 Armstrong County
74.4
Low 0.01 / yr $219K
136 Bowie County
74.2
Low 0.00 / yr $203K
137 Nueces County
74.0
Low 0.00 / yr $182K
138 Castro County
73.8
Low 0.00 / yr $163K
139 Matagorda County
73.7
Low 0.00 / yr $179K
140 Titus County
73.4
Low 0.00 / yr $182K
141 Floyd County
73.3
Low 0.00 / yr $174K
142 Uvalde County
73.2
Low 0.00 / yr $159K
143 Wood County
73.2
Low 0.00 / yr $146K
144 Limestone County
73.2
Low 0.00 / yr $140K
145 Gonzales County
73.1
Low 0.00 / yr $141K
146 Rusk County
73.0
Low 0.00 / yr $182K
147 Runnels County
72.5
Low 0.00 / yr $169K
148 Panola County
72.1
Low 0.00 / yr $143K
149 Real County
72.1
Low 0.00 / yr $118K
150 Bastrop County
71.8
Low 0.00 / yr $189K
151 Wilson County
71.7
Low 0.00 / yr $180K
152 San Saba County
71.5
Low 0.00 / yr $166K
153 Hartley County
71.1
Low 0.00 / yr $246K
154 El Paso County
71.0
Low 0.00 / yr $119K
155 Camp County
71.0
Low 0.00 / yr $112K
156 Jim Wells County
70.9
Low 0.00 / yr $113K
157 Zapata County
70.9
Low 0.00 / yr $99K
158 Cass County
70.8
Low 0.00 / yr $119K
159 Throckmorton County
70.8
Low 0.01 / yr $163K
160 Waller County
70.7
Low 0.00 / yr $150K
161 Shelby County
70.5
Low 0.00 / yr $125K
162 Fannin County
70.1
Low 0.00 / yr $173K
163 Freestone County
70.1
Low 0.00 / yr $123K
164 Mason County
70.1
Low 0.00 / yr $115K
165 Trinity County
70.0
Low 0.00 / yr $104K
166 Martin County
69.9
Low 0.00 / yr $131K
167 Sterling County
69.8
Low 0.01 / yr $187K
168 Hansford County
69.6
Low 0.00 / yr $154K
169 McCulloch County
69.3
Low 0.00 / yr $128K
170 Van Zandt County
69.1
Low 0.00 / yr $163K
171 San Jacinto County
68.4
Low 0.00 / yr $107K
172 Cochran County
68.3
Low 0.01 / yr $112K
173 Caldwell County
68.0
Low 0.00 / yr $120K
174 DeWitt County
67.6
Low 0.00 / yr $88K
175 Parmer County
67.2
Low 0.00 / yr $146K
176 Culberson County
67.2
Low 0.00 / yr $76K
177 Kleberg County
66.6
Low 0.00 / yr $90K
178 Rockwall County
66.6
Low 0.00 / yr $211K
179 Kent County
66.5
Low 0.01 / yr $130K
180 Oldham County
66.1
Low 0.01 / yr $115K
181 La Salle County
66.0
Low 0.00 / yr $70K
182 Stonewall County
66.0
Low 0.00 / yr $93K
183 Hopkins County
65.6
Low 0.00 / yr $117K
184 Milam County
65.6
Low 0.00 / yr $79K
185 Sherman County
65.2
Low 0.01 / yr $132K
186 Pecos County
64.8
Low 0.00 / yr $81K
187 Childress County
64.7
Low 0.00 / yr $104K
188 Morris County
64.6
Low 0.00 / yr $75K
189 Baylor County
64.5
Low 0.00 / yr $74K
190 San Patricio County
64.2
Low 0.00 / yr $80K
191 Jackson County
63.9
Low 0.00 / yr $89K
192 Webb County
63.8
Low 0.00 / yr $66K
193 Wilbarger County
63.5
Low 0.00 / yr $79K
194 Gregg County
62.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $87K
195 Cottle County
62.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $60K
196 Concho County
62.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $82K
197 Hardeman County
62.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $57K
198 Glasscock County
62.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $88K
199 Bee County
61.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $68K
200 Aransas County
61.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $66K
201 Crosby County
61.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $52K
202 Brooks County
60.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $52K
203 Menard County
60.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $65K
204 Red River County
59.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $52K
205 Grimes County
59.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $60K
206 Karnes County
59.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $47K
207 Franklin County
58.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $63K
208 Terry County
58.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $55K
209 Sabine County
58.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $56K
210 Brazos County
58.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $65K
211 Calhoun County
58.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $64K
212 Briscoe County
58.0
Very Low 0.01 / yr $100K
213 Leon County
57.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $54K
214 Winkler County
57.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $60K
215 Dawson County
57.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $48K
216 Lynn County
56.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $54K
217 Refugio County
56.7
Very Low 0.01 / yr $46K
218 San Augustine County
56.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $39K
219 Reagan County
56.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $62K
220 King County
55.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $42K
221 Goliad County
55.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $52K
222 Austin County
54.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $51K
223 Dimmit County
54.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $34K
224 Falls County
54.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $42K
225 Crane County
54.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $41K
226 Wharton County
53.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $38K
227 Duval County
52.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $30K
228 Jim Hogg County
51.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $28K
229 Marion County
51.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $30K
230 Reeves County
51.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $39K
231 Fayette County
49.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $40K
232 Colorado County
49.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $32K
233 Fisher County
48.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $65K
234 Washington County
48.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $31K
235 Maverick County
48.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $25K
236 Madison County
47.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $35K
237 Terrell County
46.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $28K
238 Robertson County
46.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $29K
239 Lee County
46.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $35K
240 Live Oak County
46.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $25K
241 Upton County
45.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $27K
242 Kenedy County
44.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $25K
243 Knox County
43.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $20K
244 Burleson County
42.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $24K
245 Rains County
42.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $29K
246 Foard County
41.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $22K
247 Delta County
39.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $23K
248 Lavaca County
37.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $18K
249 Zavala County
35.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $11K
250 Willacy County
28.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $7K
251 McMullen County
27.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $12K
252 Hudspeth County
25.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $8K
253 Kinney County
15.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $3K
254 Loving County
5.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $2K

254 Texas counties with measurable wildfire risk. See the national wildfire ranking or all Texas counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Texas county has the highest wildfire risk?

Parker County has the highest FEMA wildfire risk score in Texas at 96.2 (Medium), with $6M in expected annual losses and about 0.01 events per year.

How many Texas counties face significant wildfire risk?

254 Texas counties record measurable wildfire risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 0 of them are rated High or Very High.

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